Best Budget Tower Speakers Under $250! 

I like the tall skinny towers with multiple drivers

Those Daytons are the perfect desktop towers. They fit in small spaces, and are basically a bookshelf on a bass-enhancing stand, so there's no drivers blocked by the desk or near-field phase issues between a high tweeter and woofers near the floor. That computer is next-level baller now.

I’ve had my fs52’s for a while now and while I’ve always thought they were excellent, but I recently paired them with a Marantz 2230 and the combination is just as you’ve described! An amazing combo. Keep up the amazing work.

An honest assessment of these speakers. It shows you're not being paid or gifted something to give a favorable review.

Hi Joe, one idea going forward: How a speaker sounds in a room is a combination of how the first arrival sounds (which you're measuring) and how the room reflections sound. This is why it's useful to also measure a speaker 15 and 30 degrees off axis. A speaker that measures flat won't sound flat if the off axis response is full of significant dips unless the room is heavily treated for reflections.

I have the FS-52s I absolutely love them... I have the whole Andrew jones 5.1 set up.. As Joe says they are so great with imaging... live music for example Alice In Chains unplugged blew my mind, voices and the sound of guitar strings are so detailed its fantastic... love them. As far as the bass it’s good for most things, but that’s a non issue pairing them with a decent sub is going to take care of any of the bass short comings... as Joes says these speakers are smooth! Thanks for the vid Joe!

Finally got to the audition part of your video when the pioneers came on it was like an acoustic curtain was lifted to expose the mid and upper Freq. content.

Great video Joe. I like how you use charts to explain things. I never could have known just by listening.

People feel pioneer has rounded off high end because of the grill. It truly muffles the high end. It is best to listen to it removed or moddd to cut a hole in the plastic webbing behind the cloth to let the sound pass through without any restrictions. Here is how I did it Before: i.imgur.com/9Ibv7Wb_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium After: i.imgur.com/6Y5bsaB_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

6:17 'Very tricky stuff going on here... and I love it'

you're not crazy . zeos has more than 2 PC's and a laptop , one PC for he's "racing rig" ( ultra low WAF ) has JBL 590 towers . it's also obvious that towers are better 'cause of deeper bass , and if they're made for nearfield as well , you cant go wrong using them as PC speakers . i have R1280T on top of Solo 6 sitting on the floor , on desk ( even flipped upsite down ) they'd lack the bass that anyone would ask , not just bassheads or whatever it's called

Dayton sounds warm and musical

I ordered some Yamaha Ns-f51 towers for 225€ i heard very good comments and reviews about them to 98% of satisfaction overall sound and build quality and the price is extremely cheap, i don´t know if these are for sell in US, specs are good and they are powerful too, more than Onkyo´s skf4800 and Pioneer FS52´s. Maybe you can review them

IMHO my DIY towers not only let me hear the difference between the two quite clearly, but also let me think that after all my construction is not bad at all and probably better than those two! DIY is the way to go for those with hands and time! My sub (18" Daytonaudio) gives 20HZ to my complete satisfaction (if RU-vid tests are correct) and it is not bragging. The more we compare the more we learn.

been an audiophile since I was 14 years old that was back in 89!! Lol so amazed and happy how technology has come so far ! I bet I've owned at least 50 sets of speakers ! journey has been so awesome wish I would have somehow reviewed them all on video !!! i must say your the reason I bought the fs52 dam amazing for the price ! In my journey the JBL Lx-500 and klispch kg 2.5 best bookshelf I've heard so far towers and floor models would be Pioneer HPM-100 ,150, klispchhorn and the elac f6 ohhh my ! lol keep up the great job Joe trust your ears over microphone science lol

I have full set Andrew Jones on my 7.1 denon system with 4 towers Fs-52 , center, sub and enabled Dolby atmos, sounds amazing for the price.

I have the FS52's and I really like them. I have them paired with an Onkyo receiver, the matching Pioneer center channel, two Polk Audio PSW10 subwoofers and some generic in ceiling surrounds. This setup is really great and I think for movies and video games it's just about perfect. I can't imagine needing more in those scenarios. I don't have a bunch of audiophile friends, but this system absolutely destroys any sound bars etc. that I've ever heard at other friends places. I think the audio can compete with a movie theater audio experience. For music, I think they're great, but not end-game for me. I'm reluctant to upgrade them, though, because it's hard to personally test this stuff out and I still really like them. This is an unfair comparison, but listening to music on my HiFiMan Sundaras is much better than from these speakers. Overall, I love your video and I completely agree that these speakers rock. If you pair them with a receiver, center channel, sub, and some surrounds you're looking at around $1,000 for a fully capable sound system for music and a near end-game home theater experience for most users, way better than any soundbar at any price, for example. Thanks for all your hard work!

Nice review i have pioneer FS52 and they really sound good you can’t go wrong buying them. I placed them in the living room with center and surround full pioneer package, they fill the place well...room size 8mx6m

If your amp/receiver can't drive a 6 ohm load, you don't need new speakers, you need a new amp/receiver. A felt tweeter ring should help the Dayton's rising tweeter response.

I get why these speakers exist. Yet, speakers are among the best investment we can make if we use them and keep them for a long period of time. Some speakers from before 1960 still sound great. Invest as much as you can, especially in towers. You'll get your money's worth. I have Kef Q750's myself. Also have Klipsch KLF30's, Klipsch Heresy 3, DefTech Mythos ST-L, Canton Karat's at the moment. All the speakers have their strengths and weaknesses - and they all add enjoyment to my life.

Great work on the video! Great job on delivering pertinent, and useful product information. Really great video for people considering buying either pairs of these speakers.

I have the Pioneer FS52 and they are absolutely outstanding

I love the fun idea of your speaker leader board and your comments as you place new speakers in their respective positions. It gives perspective to the dilemmas that we all face when choosing the best fit for sound, size, budget etc. Polite suggestion. If you can try some Dali bookshelf/small standmount/desktop speakers. I've been around the block a bit when it comes to speakers. The Spektor 2 and Zensor Pico certainly floated my boat when looking for a desktop (I bought the Picos). I feel that there may be a place on your leader board for one of these. Not sure if they're quite expensive in the USA though.... definitely high quality though. Keep on keeping on my friend.

The FS52 cannot be beat for soundstage and vocal clarity. IMHO, they beat the Elac Debut 2.0 Floorstanders. I have both of them and have over 60 days of playing experience with both of them.

Hey Joe - Can I request you something - I would like to see more on crazy comparisons - like Budget floorstanding against best bookshelf in same price category .. OR best flat frequency response speakers against best monitor speakers with their differences (loudness, clarity, sound-stage, vocals, mids, ear flattering highs etc.) .. Can we please have something like this ??

I suggest the Polk audio T150 it’s 100 bucks a piece and they sound great

Really appreciate these kind of videos Joe. There's always a soft spot in my heart for great budget speakers that really deliver!

Good video as always Joe. Yes...they are everything you say they are. Like you said....for 200 ...just buy them! Every time I listen to mine, they make me smile, they make me feel like I got away with something. How could they be under 200...idk...but they are, and don't sound like it at all! So...go buy them if you haven't! Lol

Damn man. I like your channel, amazing quality and I feel like you're an Audiophile for the everyday person. A gem in the Audiophile world IMO. Btw you sold me on the Andrew Jones Pioneer Towers. I have a Pioneer SX-10AE (great amp for the money) paired with Dayton T652's right now. Plan is to move the Daytons to my desk 😆 and put the Pioneers in the living room with the SX-10AE!

I bought the Pioneer FS52 about a year and a half ago to replace my B&W dm302. Wanted a deeper for encompassing sound. At first, I was delighted because they provided more sound and deeper bass. About a month ago, I pulled out the dm302 to be startled by how much midrange and upper midrange detail and clarity they showed. For me, the FS52 just don't provide the clarity. For the money, they are good but I now plan on upgrading and spending about 300 to 400. I will be looking at B&W dm 303 or 600 series coupled with a sub first, then maybe Wharfedales. Also, I was surprised when I listened the Martin Logan lx15 to the Elac debut 2.0. Martin Logans were much more precise to me. But then my tastes for listening don't run to loud and bright but warm and soothing.

because they are towers comparison should be made with out a sub. and same amp manufacture and series but different wattage. the two sets have different power rating best way is to use them at rms or use a db meter and compare at same db set with test tone then play a track. higher wattage speaker on same amp will sound lower output.

I really like your channel very good info on great speakers...I am in the market for a soundbar/small speaker system around the $200-300 mark and after watching your channel, I can not decide! Yamaha yas 108...fluance ai40s, fluance ai60s, edifier r1850db...rghh so many options and it kinda sucks that I cant test them personally...keep up the great content!

Underrated channel

Both speakers sounded like dayton audio to me.Oh wait... I am listening to this on my 5 dayton speakers...Not the ones you have but the b52's. I was skeptical before i bought them, but I really like them a lot actually.For budget speakers they are hard to beat.

Now I'm very interested in picking up a pair to try, I used to look at them and say their junk because I want flat, but you've convinced me with the pioneer. You're a dangerous salesman... In a good way. I like how it's a 1" tweeter instead of a 3/4" like I normally see. Also it says it's a 3 way, so 2 of the woofers aren't contributing to much sound above 250hz from the looks of it. (Can you confirm?) Sensitivity is 86 so about the same as my Chanes, and those get louder than I need, so these should do the same. Someday I'll grab them just for fun with how cheep they are. They are only 25 pounds each, so not that heavy, my Chanes are 17 pounds each so probably not a very thick enclosure which also explains the price. (Chane towers are 55 pounds each wow)

You should do an episode on taking measurements. Your measurements of the FS52s are the best I've seen, as far them looking essentially flat from about 60hz. It is notable that they are a 2.5 way - had they been a 3-way with a chambered midrange / tweeter maybe they would be legendary. You can spend thousands of dollars and still be using a 2-way design. The Dayton's are a good concept, but frankly I'd rather have a single high quality 6 or 8 inch driver doing bass duty. I'm curious as to how you did the measurements anyway - grills on, grills off, distance etc. It looks like a good amount of smoothing. When I get a chance, I plan to measure mine in-room and outside. One thing testers rarely do is test for "maximum SPL". It would be interesting to see that. As most speakers seem capable of in excess of 100 dB, it would be interesting to see how many can reliably hit high levels without exploding or compressing/sounding like crap. Another website in particular tested the Elac UB5s and found they topped out around 95 dB or so before sounded like doo doo. I'd like to see that verified by someone else. That is because, as you know, the farther away you sit, the more power you have to apply to the speaker to hit the same level of "comfortable" listening (70db-80db + peaks for me). Once your're sitting 10 feet away and watching a movie, it is quite possible you'll be pushing smaller, more affordable speakers to their limits. Even if they can take the power, distortion might be creeping up. Of course, so far, I've pushed the FS52s pretty hard with blockbuster movies and they've enjoyed every minute of it. I own 5 FS52s and use them in a 5.1 or sometimes a 5.2 setup. If you want a treat, have 3 identical towers for the LCR - very hard to go back to a center channel after that. Even carefully integrated, the pioneer center channel is just not as good as the tower or the BS22s, IMO (But I am using it at the moment anyway). To be honest, I've tended to like the presentation of the lowely BS22s better - they just seem a tad punchier to my ears, even with the flatter treble and somewhat weaker bass. They have been a bit more consistent going room to room. Having used the FS52 in two different rooms, I can say that for one room I was in (much more "dead"), I had them crossed over usually around 90-100hz. I could not get the bass to hit right - though no complaints from the midrange / treble. In the new room, I sit much farther away, possibly in a slightly better position. I find I like them crossed over around 70 hz. Still, the bass has not really impressed me yet - its there, but missing a little bite/definition for my tastes. Could be my placement needs tweaking. The midrange, however, is consistently gorgeous. The high end is usually detailed and pleasing, but at times I wish the boost wasn't there - just a bit of glare from that piano. Great to hear from you that they are probably better than the ELACs. Although, if the price is every low enough, I might jump on the UF5s / KEF floorstanders. Now those might be amazing. Then again, AJ did the Pioneer ELITE line as well - it would be amazing if you could review those against the UB5 / something from KEF.

I own the pioneers and they are amazing. $189 for the pair and the sound is sexy. If you really want them to come alive put some power on them. I have mine on an adcom 545 and leave the sub muted on most occasions. I'm using the mx-audio tube preamp buffer with GE tubes into the adcom with Tidal hifi from my TV as a source and everyone I demo this combo for is beyond impressed. A sweet buttery smooth sound that doesn't give a hint of fatigue and the extra power on tap brings out plenty of detail. My listening position is about 14 feet away for reference. I think you should compare the pioneers against the fluance signature series as they are that good of a value.

Oh yes....thanks for the review Joe,iv'e been asking you to do it for a while now,extremely helpful and well done review as usual,my only gripe is that i think it should have come in higher than the svs prime bookshelf

Good review. Im looking for a decent pair of Towers as I am sick of playing with my 5.1 Samsung trying to make it sound decent. Soundbars are a darn joke. I have a big living room with high ceilings and ceramic tile floors. My music taste is very broad (Sade to Slayer) and need some mid range in my life. FS-52s are looking real good for the price.

Great video Joe. Looking to get these Pioneer Tower speakers. What is a good budget amplifier to push these speakers? I thought about getting the Edifier R1280DB but after looking at the price for the stands it was going to add up to almost the cost of the towers. The big difference is that the tower will need an amplifier as apposed to the bookshelf speaker.

Doesn't bookshelf have better build quality than floor standings? Better drivers. etc. With floor standings you are also paying for the cabinet and everything else so this would make the bookshelf a better value in most cases. Thoughts? I think compromises are made when you compare the bookshelf and floor standings in the same series.

Any chance you could do a low-frequency response leaderboard list for all the speakers?

hey man! Me again! haha.... I am waiting for my fs52's to get to Chile (south america)and I am still in doubt to whitch amplifier to buy. I am using just those two speakers at an small living room. I aint no audiophile but want to enjoy my music. I like the smsl ad18 because it provides the things I need the most, USB, s/pdif and good bluetooth. One question, U say u used it with a 20w/c amplifier (obviously a nice quality brand amplifier...) but, anyway, a 20w amp and for what you say, I feel like that is the experience I want. Does this smsl ad18 provides the same kind of power or does those 80w (little less in this case because fs52's are 6ohm)are kind of bogus numbers? thanks again! Love your videos man, really down to earth and clear info, keep them commin!

Definitely the Pioneers win in the tonal test.

Keyword ....budget i would not trade my boston acoustics lynnfield vr40's for his elacs debut or unifis or pioneer. I almost fell for the hype mind you good speakers. But overhyped by people that have not heard to much in their lives. Especially the elac unifi 1000usd set you can find so much better 2nd hand for the money spend. The pioneers is extremely low for a floorstander of you're not to critical

If the name Andrew Jones does not stand out in your mind....think Elac. If Elac does not stand out in your mind....just go to Best Buy and let a $10/hr kid sell you some speakers.

For some reason I only feel like the only good speakers for me gotta have the speakers visible

Thanks for the video Joe. Its again an amazing review.

the presentation on this channel is so clean and for a newbie in this audiophile stuff this is very informative and pretty easy to comprehend. you got my sub sir

You should do a video on how to make a complete system, graphically. Example, how to match up different speakers using frequencies and ohms etc. Your sub woofer video shows the freq flat ranges which you say is good, so match those to another set of speakers with whatever range. Show the graphs for diff types of speakers and how they line up together to get a longer more complete sound range. You could even just show this on a piece of paper. The last thing would be how to get it much louder, be it adding a receiver amp. If you show this graphically, I know the world would appreciate it. I barely understand it because no one has explained the graphs - you did with the subs, but would like to see a complete system explained using those graphs. This would then become an app for retail stores to sell systems. A customer picks a receiver, then picks the front left right speakers to start, then is given matching options for the other speakers to complete the best sounding system. I'm in a rush so cant explain very well, contact me if you dont understand. I have a 7.1 system and it took 5 months to complete based on outside advice.

I actually own these speakers and have thought about posting a video them and budget home theater. These speakers along with the CP22 (center), BS22 (surround) and the SP-T22A_LR (upfiring atmos) make for a badass 5.1.4 system. I suggest you buy the best subwoofer you can to accompany them because the 52s are bass shy for serious movie or music listening. I have a Klipsch R-112SW I bought for $219 connected and it blends well. So once again, for a total of $619 you have a badass system. I got stuff flying around my man cave in a clear, atmospheric, real-life action way. No distortion or cheap soundness. Adam Jones must have been bored and challenged at the same time to create this speakers. They punch well above their weight with its tone and music balance. I have heard other speakers that cost way more than they do and have not gone away thinking I'm missing something. Now for the downside. Are these speakers as good as my Klipsch RP 280s...or my Klipsch 7.2 setup?...no. Its sensitivity is about the mid 80s. Therefore, to get the best sound you need an amp of at least 100-150 watts. I power my setup with a Denon X4400H. If you match these speakers with non-Pioneers they may not sound as loud. This is why I feel you should match them with the speakers above. Separate those speakers may sound good...together it's a sonic symphony. Seriously. I'm impressed with the whole setup. Eighty percent of listeners would be satisfied with the sound coming out of it. Another thing, to get the most out of these speakers one should use 14 gauge wire of good quality. Sense they're 6 ohm and harder to drive, you want to lessen the strain on your amp to get all the info to the speakers without overload during high action scenes. It really makes a difference.

0:14 yep, I agree completely! I have Micca MB42Xs and MB42X-c for my home theater, last week I was staring at all that empty space where the speaker stand was and thinking how much more sense a tower speaker would make. Also I didn't seem to like the MB42X in my living room as much as I did on my PC desk (probably due to the 4 inch woofer). A pioneer SP-C22 center showed up on Craigslist for a screaming deal and I pounced. Pioneer FS52's were also ordered over the weekend. So perfect timing on this video! :) edit: Oh, I also felt like at high volumes my ears were getting a bit fatigued by the Miccas in the big room so I'm hoping the pioneer will help with that. Will be returning the MB42X-c and moving the MB42Xs back to my PC desk were they have served me well for 2.5 years!

I wonder if G.R. research could improve on them.?

And what 10“ subwoofer is recommended to pair with these. I have a decent size room so 10” sub is perfect. Idk if I should go for a pioneer sub or not

I bought a pair of Polk T50 towers for my daughters room. 1” tweeters, 6” driver, 6” passive radiators. About $200. Really nice too.

Newb here. Did the popularity of the Pioneer towers skyrocket or something? I'm seeing them for twice that price most places.

I've been waiting for this review of the Dayton MK442T's. Thanks for this shootout.

Dayton FTW! It has a kind of "BBC-dip" at approx 2kHz, witch make is sound less harsh - more ear-friendly. I could listen to the Dayton for hours - but I would need to equalize the Pioneer down in the 1.5 - 3 kHz area! BBC-dip explained: www.psaudio.com/askpaul/is-the-bbc-dip-still-used-in-speakers/

Pioneers are Good sounding speakers but the midrange is a bit muddy. Cranked them loud and actually saw that the ‘midrange’ driver at the top was actually moving MORE than the lower two bass drivers. Midrange driver isn’t properly high pass filtered so it’s dealing with bass energy and midrange which increases distortion and muddies up the sound especially at higher volumes. Good drivers, poor crossover implementation

I’ll try them with a Yamaha Rn 803.

I just sent back my FS52 towers and purchased some JBL studio 230 and some Home Theater Direct speaker stands. I've been very happy with the studio 230's that I purchased the 235 JBL center channel and a RSL speed woofer 10' subwoofer.

hi Joe, i have the pioneer speakers and my center is a SVS prime speaker, svs pb 1000 sub, and a denon avrx 1500h. i somehow feel its not loud. what can i do to make it loud. i have to crank it up to 70 or more to get loud sound.

Hey Joe first time I'm posting on your channel. My question is not on the speakers just curious to know if you've reviewed or plan on reviewing dacs & streamers such as DirectStream Dac Aurender N100h ? Thanks

Does any of following amplifiers support Pioneer FS52? 1. Yamaha R-S202BL 2. Yamaha A-S501BL 3. NAD 3020 V2

In the past....cheap tower speakers would have decent (not superb) mid and treble, but really sloppy bass. The compromise had to go somewhere.

Can you do a comparison between Polk Audio T 50 Series and Pioneer FS52 please? :)

Even if these speakers sounded like crap (obviously not, given the results of the demo), how in hell Pioneer manages to put on the market such a product at so low price? Have they decided to ruin the company or to ruin their competitors? A mistery.

Well I saw this vid a couple months ago, speakers just arrived. QUESTION: I have really good rear surround and an 'sub par' center chan. @joentell said these produce center stage very well - so will these take over my 'sub par; center channel if I disconnect it? Its really muddy, not good. Hoping these can take over the center stage better then this center channel. TY! btw: From Amazon, one huge box and ONE tower, nearly had a heart attack - the other is to be delivered tomorrow. heheh

Very nice review ... I just got a Yamaha A-S500 and found a pair of excellent condition Pioneer SP-F52 ... thinking of getting them as a secondary system to be coupled with a Marantz sacd/dvd, a Technics SL2000 and some tuner (Kenwood/Yamaha or Rotel)🤔

I have a pair of the Pioneer floor standing speakers along with the bookshelf speakers as surround sounds plus a Pioneer center channel and a subwoofer. This setup, though not considered super high end, hit my price point sweet spot and still sounds great. Really great to see a review of these and look at those frequency response charts.

What is the best I can get for $400, It doesn't matter if it's powered bookshelf speakers or two speakers and a receiver, soundbar with sub, 3.1 soundbar, etc. whatever you can think of give me the best for under $400! I need them to hook up to a TV for movies and music, I want the best combo for $400?

Transmission line speakers are superior

All modern amps handle atleast 4-8ohms.. Even if it says 8ohm on the speaker outputs... So that is no issue at all

From the looks of it if you put a simple stand of about 8-10" high under those Dayton's you would get those tweeters at about ear level. That sometimes makes more difference than you realize.

Can't get the FS52's anymore so the MK442's win lol

Hii sir i m no experience can u plz help me should i use a amp or avr or stereo reciver suggest me a budget best

After watching your comparison, I wanted to buy these Pioneer FS52 using your affiliate link but these are out of stock.

Bro, I have these 2 FS52, 4 BS22, and CS22. They sound so sweet, imaging is unreal, I found that out quick.

My old Nakimichi died about the same time as my first of 3 kids came. I have a Hsu powered subwoofer and besides that starting from scratch. Looking at this: Pioneer SP-FS52 $139 just dropped at Amazon S.M.S.L AD18 $144 I saw you reviewed both. My playroom is 12x20 with a fireplace, piano, drums and bookshelves on the 12 foot walls. Will this sound Okay?

5:44 i wonder if reducing them by EQ can turn non-nearfields into nearfields

Joe, I'm guessing You are picking the Pioneers FS52 towers over the Dayton Mk 44T. based on the Pioneers overall high sensitivity ie. It's High Efficiency - a higher output or Sound Pressure Level (SPL) for any given wattage. Afterall, You are using the 20 watt per channel, Marantz '2220'. The "but" is; since Transmission lines usually compromise Efficiency for Deeper Bass (NOT unlike Sealed Cabinets / "Acoustic Suspension" - tuning, But even MORE so ! ). As in most things in Life; It's always a "Question of Balance". So, I'm willing to guess; If the Daytons are hooked-up to, say a 80 watt per Channel Amp or Higher, those 442T will sing. As a matter of fact, few Amps, would be too big. As long as the owner, doesn't purposely , over-drive them. eg. Be Stupid ! As a matter of fact; If I'm correct on the "thirsty" nature of Power for Bass of the the '442 T '. I'd be all the more eager to See and Buy a "552 T" - a slightly larger version to accommodate Twin 5 1/4 drivers versus the 4 inch ones, in the current model … just sayin'. Then again, if it turns out, that I'm actually understating the '442 T' improvements with a "big amp". This could already be a Low Cost Champ ??? Regardless, Best Wishes.

I 've had the FS52's for a while as a part of my 5.1.2 Atmos setup. I have never considered them for listening to music, but after this review I will give them a serious try. I'm a headphones guy and I don't know much about speakers, but I sure do enjoy my Sony SSCS5's

Just sold my fs52 for $145 the other day. Kinda feelin like I should have kept them.

Where can you buy the sp52s in Europe?

Just watched this review on my fs52s! Lol great comparison. I personally like the brighter characteristic of the pioneer over the dayton and fully agree that the bass extension with the pioneers is much more than enough. Sometimes i find myself turning off my subwoofer.

How do you compare the Elac B6 to the Pioneers?

First things first. On my RU-vid reviewers leaderboard you are at the top. Actually, you are the only one ON the board. However, I was ready to cry FOUL! when the music demos started. I didn't think it was a fair demo because you obviously left the Dayton's in their boxes. To my ears the difference between them and the Pioneer's was that startling. Night and day. But as the music genre changed the differences didn't sound as glaring. They were still there, though. Great job, my friend. Now...about that Denton/Ultra face-off. Soon?

Love from India dude😍

System Audio uses 4" bass drivers all the time in various designs, even more higher end ones.

Really like your channel Joe.Always look forward to another video. I too have the FS-52's and matching centre with the BS22's at the back plus a BIC America 12" sub.Happy with the sound.Best I've ever had.Oh and just got a pair of the Pioneer Atmos add-ons.Lookin forward to that.Keep at it Joe!

Making us jealous by dropping the classic Marantz model every chance you get! LOL. No mercy!

Love your leaderboard, makes your review more worthwhile than all the other reviewers.

Seeing how much trouble you had placing the Pioneer ahead of a speaker that costs twice as much tells me that you may have lost focus slightly.... Per yourself the only real advantage that speaker had was more bass, therefore the Pioneer at half the cost should be a "no brainier". Just saying....🤔

I can hear that large bump at 300 hz on the Daytons. They have muddy, cuppy tone.

i have the fs52 on a 4k front end that was all bought used price lol and i been a audiophile for 31 years and i'm amazed by these fs52, They could have sold for 499.00 in my opion , Andrew made them to good ! And I'd love to try the EFS-73 !!

Joe, I like your leader board. That is the kind of thing I find very helpful. I would really like to see your perspective on a few things. 1. You have the Andrew Jones pioneer bs 22lr's it would be good to see where you would place them in your leader boards, even though they are not available at retail, many people have them, and knowing how much better or worse they compare to other speakers. 2. Orb audio. there are few reviews on orb audio, they take a single speaker designed to be a modular. 2.1, 5.1 you can stack up to 4 speakers as left/right channel or use one for each channel, to me there is a noticeable difference in my listening experience with 2/chanel as opposed to one/channel. I would love to see your take on them. 3. Being a do it yourself ear too I would like to see your perspective on sound exciters attached to 8ft foam boards, or whatever you like, it's fun to experiment. One science Channel here on RU-vid declared them the world's best speakers. They had an elaborate setup. Anyway thankyou for the honest opinions.

Newb here. How exactly do you connect the Dayton's (or any passive speaker at that) to a computer?

Hey Joe can you do a sound review on the Cerwin Vega SL-12 ?

If u can do a test with Magnat Monitor Supreme 1002

Great video and where is that one guy in every video on RU-vid requesting "Song please and review 1970 JBL made by kinrick please song please "